September 4, 2008

Midwest City Area Hospital Operations Appoints Division CEO

Page H. Vaughan has been appointed senior vice president and division CEO of Midwest City Area Hospital Operations by Health Management Associates Inc.

Vaughan will have leadership responsibility for HMA's Midwest City area hospital operations, including the Oklahoma Heart Hospital South campus joint venture.

He was senior vice president and divisional CEO for HMA's North and South Carolina hospitals. Vaughan began his career with HMA in 1991 as an assistant administrator at Highland's Regional Medical Center in Sebring, Fla.

Vaughan received a master's degree in health administration from Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.

Midwest Regional is a 255-bed acute medical and surgical hospital. HMA, based in Naples, Fla., owns and operates 57 hospitals.